CIMB Group Holdings Bhd has reaffirmed its commitment to aiding customers and communities affected by the recent floods across Malaysia. The CIMB Flood Relief Assistance Plan offers a six-month payment relief on loan and financing products to help alleviate the financial burden of individual, SME, and micro-SME customers.
CIMB Bank...
Boost Bank, a homegrown digital bank, announced the upcoming launch of its SME Financing services in early October. Featuring two key financial products: Term Loan and Revolving Credit, this marks a significant milestone for Boost Bank as it becomes the first digital bank in Malaysia to offer financial solutions...
Singapore-listed Silverlake Axis Ltd (SAL), an enterprise technology, software and services company, has announced its agreement with Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) - one of Thailand’s top five banks with a total asset value of THB3.18 trillion - to power SCB’s innovative strategy of building new propositions outside of the...
Bursa-certified digital investment solutions platform Finworld Technology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Multimedia University (MMU) to equip future finance graduates with the relevant skills to thrive in the ever-evolving field of financial investment, banking, acquisitions, and asset management.
The collaboration will see Finworld providing full access to...
SME Bank is aligning with the Government's goal of achieving Net Zero GHG emissions by 2050, launching its seven-year Sustainability Roadmap 2.0 to address climate-related risks and advance its sustainability objectives.
The new roadmap follows the successful completion of the initial three-year Sustainability Roadmap 1.0 (2021–2023), which saw over RM5.89...
Paywatch, a leading Earned Wage Access (EWA) provider in Asia, has partnered with Bank KB Bukopin to launch the first bank-backed EWA service in Indonesia, aimed at promoting greater financial inclusion and improving the financial well-being of employees. The successful launch of this service follows the signing of a...
Futurex, a leader in enterprise data security, has partnered with Cake, Vietnam's largest digital bank by user base, revenue, and product varieties, to set a new benchmark in secure payment processing through cloud payment HSM technology.
Cake and Futurex have delivered Vietnam's first fully cloud-based Card Management System utilizing Visa Cloud Connect, operating entirely...
UOB FinLab, the Bank’s innovation accelerator, has awarded over S$100,000 to selected Green Technology (GreenTech) firms to pilot 15 sustainability solutions with UOB and its corporate partners across ASEAN. The pilot solutions and partnerships were unveiled at the GreenTech Accelerator 2024 Showcase Day as part of the Singapore FinTech...
Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd has partnered with Samsung and Google to provide Alliance Bank Visa credit cardholders with greater convenience in mobile payments. This allows Alliance Bank cardholders, to add their Alliance Bank Visa credit cards to their Samsung Pay or Google Pay wallets.
Card holders will be able to...
New research of global CIOs launched today from Expereo reveals that large global enterprises are moving 'Faster to the Future' with an increased focus on technology investment to fuel growth through global expansion.
The research of over 650 CIOs in global enterprises across Europe, US and APAC shows that half...
Zaapi, a mobile app that allows small businesses to establish their digital commerce presence within seconds, has finalised a US$4 million seed round.
Venture capital investors including GFC, Flourish Ventures, and Partech have led Zaapi’s investment round. Other investors in the funding round reportedly include 1982 Ventures, Kaya Founders, Iterative,...
The SME Bank 90-Days Biz Challenge 2022 business competition program has unveiled the entrepreneurial skills of 20 finalists from community colleges and polytechnics when they recorded sales of over half a million ringgit throughout the 10-month competition period compared to the previous edition sales of RM103,000.
The Secretary General, Ministry...
